Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Av Claire Bowern, Bethwyn Evans, USA) Bowern, Claire (Yale University, Bethwyn (Australian National University) Evans

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The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics provides a survey of the field covering the methods which underpin current work; models of language change; and the importance of historical linguistics for other subfields of linguistics and other disciplines. Divided into five sections, the volume encompass a wide range of approaches and addresses issues in the following areas: historical perspectives methods and models language change interfaces regional summariesEach of the thirty-two chapters is written by a specialist in the field and provides: a introduction to the subject; an analysis of the relationship between the diachronic and synchronic study of the topic; an overview of the main current and critical trends; and examples from primary data. The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics is essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students working in this area.Chapter 28 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9781315794013.ch28

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Utgivningsdatum2019-04-24
Mått174 x 246 x 42 mm
Vikt1 460 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Handbooks in Linguistics
Antal sidor758
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780367250294

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Editors’ Introduction: Foundations of the new historical linguistics1 Claire Bowern and Bethwyn EvansPart 1 Overviews Lineage and the constructive imagination: the birth of historical linguisticsRoger Lass New perspectives in historical linguisticsPaul Kiparsky Compositionality and changeNigel Vincent Part 2 Methods and models The Comparative MethodMichael Weiss The Comparative Method: theoretical issuesMark Hale Trees, waves and linkages: models of language diversificationAlexandre François Language phylogeniesMichael Dunn Diachronic stability and typologySøren Wichmann Part 3 Language change The Sound changeAndrew Garrett Phonological changesSilke Hamann Morphological changeStephen Anderson Morphological reconstructionHarold Koch Functional syntax and language changeZigmunt Frajzyngier Generative syntax and language changeElly van Gelderen Syntax and Syntactic reconstructionJóhanna Barðdal Lexical semantic change and semantic reconstructionMatthias Urban Formal semantics/pragmatics and language changeAshwini Deo DiscourseAlexandra D’Arcy EtymologyRobert Mailhammer Sign languages in their historical contextSusan D. Fischer Language acquisition and language changeJames N. Stanford Social dimensions of language changeLev Michael Language use, cognitive processes and linguistic changeJoan Bybee and Clayton Beckner Contact-induced language changeChristopher Lucas Language attrition and language changeJane SimpsonPart 4 Interfaces26 Demographic correlates of language diversitySimon J. Greenhill27 Historical linguistics and socio-cultural reconstructionPatience Epps28 Prehistory through language and archaeologyPaul Heggarty 29 Historical linguistics and molecular anthropologyBrigitte Pakendorf Part 5 Regional Summaries30 Indo-European: methods and problemsBenjamin W. Fortson IV31 The Austronesian language familyRitsuko Kikusawa32 The Austro-Asiatic language phylum: a typology of phonological restructuringPaul Sidwell 33 Pama-NyunganLuisa Miceli 34 The Pacific Northwest lingusitic area: historical perspectivesSarah G. Thomason Index

'...this volume represents a great introduction for anyone interested in historical linguistics, as well as in other connected disciplines such as history, archaeology, and molecular anthropology. Also, it represents a good starting point for research and an impressive testimony to the progress achieved in historical linguistics.' - Monica Vasileanu, Romanian Academy, Institute of Linguistics, The LINGUIST List